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The occurrence of Azores Chromis, Chromis limbata in the south-western Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2009

Jonas Rodrigues Leite*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Paraná, PPG-CB, Zoologia, CxP. 19020, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Áthila Andrade Bertoncini
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, PPGERN, CxP. 676 São Carlos, SP 13.565-905, Brazil
Leonardo Bueno
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudos do Mar, UFPR, PGSISCO, CxP. 50002 Pontal do Sul, Paraná, Brazil
Felippe Daros
Affiliation:
Centro de Estudos do Mar, UFPR, PGSISCO, CxP. 50002 Pontal do Sul, Paraná, Brazil
Johnatas Alves
Affiliation:
Projeto Meros do Brasil, São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Maurício Hostim-Silva
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, DCSBA, CEUNES, R. Humberto de Almeida Franklin, 257 São Mateus, ES 29.933-415, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.R. Leite, Universidade Federal do Paraná, PPG-CB, Zoologia, CxP. 19020, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil email: jonasipaq@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

The first occurrence for Azores Chromis in the south-western Atlantic is given with photographic records and meristics.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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